Real Travel Tips: Cheap International Flights
I was running out of time to buy my flight to Asia. It didn’t appear that flights would get any cheaper and I wanted to leave in around 2 weeks. On the night I was going to give up and buy the flight, my buddy sent me a message of various crazy deals to Asia…
HOSPEX – Tokyo 2018 Hospital Expo
While wandering the world and studying healthcare on a budget, you can’t pass up an opportunity to attend a free conference in Japan! I attended HOSPEX for 3 days and got to see many different devices for hospitals, fitness, and nutrition in a country that will have to lead the world in elderly population management.…
Indian Chai – Cooking w/ Shruti
When I was in India, I loved drinking chai! Chai has many different variations but it is basically black tea, milk, sugar, and spices. Every person has their own preference for how they make it that they have perfected over years. My friend Shruti showed us how she makes chai that we served along with…
Chinese Pork Celery Dumplings – Cooking w/ Wendy
If you like Chinese food, you have to try making Chinese Dumplings! This is a very traditional dish and is something that Wendy’s family makes during holidays such as the Chinese New Year. It is also something that the whole family can help out with and try out their skills wrapping the dumplings! (Sometimes this…
Real Travel Tips – Scams
Unfortunately if you are not from a certain area you may find yourself the target of different scams. People who look different, don’t speak the language, or have a different accent will often be considered not knowledgeable about local prices and options and more likely targets of potential scams along with getting scammed at higher…
Chinese BBQ Eggplant – Cooking w/ Wendy
It seemed fitting that the radio background noise was saying how China was the biggest threat to the United States as we began the long prep to prepare 7 Chinese dishes for dinner that night. Wendy, who is visiting the US from China, was taking the time to share the culture and knowledge of cooking…
Real Travel Tips – Packing
One of the topics I was thinking of writing about after traveling in Asia and Africa for ~9 months was travel tips. I sort of pushed it off thinking that there must be a lot of good advice already out there. Since I’ve been back I’ve gotten a lot of different questions about traveling and…
Real Travel Tips – Technology Prep
One of the topics I was thinking about writing about after traveling Asia and Africa for ~9 months was travel tips. I sort of pushed it off thinking that there must be a lot of good advice already out there. Since I’ve been back I’ve gotten a lot of different questions about traveling and I…
How Maasai Treat Malaria
The health of your stomach is very important in Maasai culture and medicine. The Maasai believe sugar and industrial oils reduce a persons immunity to malaria and other diseases. Along with this they believe it reduces your energy so you cannot run as far and get unnecessarily tired. One method to cleanse the stomach is…
Mango Banana Guacamole – Vegetarian Delicacy
My sister is vegetarian so this week we decided to make something that she could eat. We made mango banana guac put over rice pilau and sweet and spicy tofu! I was introduced to this meal by my coworker while I was volunteering at a hospital in Tanzania. We made mango banana guac over rice…